Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012 Music Nominations

Katy Perry added to Grammy line-up

Current GRAMMY nominee Katy Perry has been added to the stellar lineup for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Country artist Dierks Bentley, rapper/actor and current four-time GRAMMY nominee Drake, GRAMMY winner Miranda Lambert, and Emmy and Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow will appear as presenters. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.

Music Video: Lil Wayne feat. Bruno Mars - "Mirrors"

2012 NAACP Nominations

2012 BRIT Nominations

People's Choice Awards - Music Nominees

Britney Spears nominated as North American rep at MTV EMAs

Britney Spears could be the best act in the whole world, and could soon have the trophy to prove it.

The international pop superstar is going head to head with four other acts in the newly-announced 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards Worldwide Act category.

Britney is representing North America in the battle while 19-year-old Eurovision Song Contest winner Lena represents Europe, boy band BIGBANG hold it down for Asia, singer Abd EL Fattah Grini covers things for Africa/India/Middle East, and another boy band, Restart, rep Latin America.

Fans can help their favorite act win by logging on to the MTV EMAs official website and casting their vote until November 4.

We’ll see which act reigns supreme when the 2011 MTV EMAs takes place on Sunday, November 6 from the Odyssey Arena in Beltfast, Ireland. The show, being hosted by teen sensation Selena Gomez, will include performances by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Jessie J, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Colplay, LMFAO, Snow Patrol, and Jason DeRulo.

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2011 American Music Awards Nominations (Full List)

MTV EMA Nominations 2011

Lady Gaga leads this year's MTV EMA nominations with six nods

The 'You and I' singer is trailed by Katy Perry and Adele, with all three due to go head to head in the 'Best Song' category.

Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez and Coldplay are among a host of other artists up for awards.

The MTV Europe Music Awards will take place at Belfast's Odyssey Arena on November 6. It will be broadcast live on MTV from 9pm.

The full list of nominees are as follows:

Bruno Mars sues publishing company

Bruno Mars is declaring war on his music publisher --  claiming the company refuses to let him out of his contract ... even though he has already delivered on his end of the bargain.

Mars has filed a lawsuit against Bug Music, Inc. -- claiming the company failed to pick up the option on his contract after he delivered and agreed upon number of songs.

In the documents, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Mars claims he turned in all of his music by  February -- at which point, Bug had a certain amount of time to exercise its option to continue the relationship with Mars.

Bruno claims Bug never got back to him ... so he considered the contract terminated.

According to the docs, the honchos at Bug believe Mars is wrong -- and insist he is still under a contract which gives them 50% of the copyrights of any music Bruno makes. 

Now, Mars says ... he needs a judge to issue a declaration that his contract is in fact over -- so he can move on with his career.

We called Bug for comment -- but they didn't want to talk.

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Music Video: Bad Meets Evil feat. Bruno Mars - "Lighters"

Katy Perry matches Michael Jackson record

Katy Perry becomes the first woman, and second artist overall following Michael Jackson, in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to send five songs from an album to No. 1, as "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" becomes the fifth chart leader from her Capitol Records set "Teenage Dream."

2011 Video Music Awards nominations

Video Of The Year:

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Bestie Boys - Make Some Noise

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Katy Perry - Firework

Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers

Weird Al endures hard times, musically speaking

Since 1983, "Weird Al" Yankovic has released 13 albums, with six of them going platinum and four reaching gold status. It's a pretty good batting average for any artist, and an especially great one for a comedian-musician.

Yankovic says he used to think all of his albums would sell well, until now.

More Information on the iHeartRadio Music Festival

THE BIGGEST LIVE MUSIC EVENT IN
RADIO HISTORY

IHeartRadio Event Unveiled

As lady luck would have it we’ve been scouring the internet, our ninjas and sources to get the good word on what is happening with Iheartradio, Clearchannel and this big announcement on Monday morning at 8:15am by none other than Ryan Seacrest. Well here it is folks, as promised IHeartradio and ClearChannel are throwing the biggest concert of our current lifetime.  It’s the Iheartradio Music Festival and it’s happening September 23-24th in Las Vegas, NV at the MGM Grand.


Here are the artists already playing:

Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Lady GaGa, Coldplay, John Mayer, Jennifer Lopez, Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Niki Minaj, David Guetta, Bruno Mars, Usher

IHeartRadio is also going to announce some major changes.  You’ll still be able to listen to your favorite Clear Channel Radio Stations but you’ll also have a more Pandora like radio interface.

So now thanks to Thedroidguy, you don’t have to twist and turn all weekend wondering what IHeartradio is doing.  Oh and tickets go on sale next Saturday at 10:00am

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Lady Gaga, Adele, and Nicki Minaj help boost album sales

Beyoncé may have been on to something with that whole "Run the World (Girls)," business after all. Though Queen B's single didn't set the world on fire, in the first half of 2011, a number of her fellow divas — Adele, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry — have helped the music business achieve something it hasn't been able to in nearly eight years: positive growth.

Kanye, Jay-Z Album Could Drop July 4

Earlier this month, The Source wrote that Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaboration, Watch The Throne, may make its debut July 4 on Def Jam. Originally slated to drop in January 2012, the initial release will most likely only be digital to avoid leakage, according to AllHipHop.com.

2011 Teen Choice Awards nominations (Music)

Choice Music: Male ArtistJustin Bieber
Jason Derülo
Cee Lo Green
Enrique Iglesias
Bruno Mars

Choice Music: Female ArtistAdele
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

Nicki Minaj added to BET Awards Line-Up

Justin Bieber, Queen Latifah, Gladys Knight, Bruno Mars and Nicki Minaj are coming to the BET Awards.

BET Networks said Wednesday that the entertainers will appear on Sunday's ceremony, which will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

They'll join a star-studded lineup set to include performances by Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, Jill Scott, Drake and Mary J. Blige.

FILE - In this June 19, 2011 file photo, Bruno Mars performs during the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto. Mars will perform at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese) Close

The BET Awards honor the year's top actors, athletes and musicians. Chris Brown leads nominees with six nods, followed by Lil Wayne with five.

Kanye West, Drake and Rihanna are up for four awards each. Minaj, Mars, Trey Songz, Cee Lo Green and B.o.B. also received multiple nominations.

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